whiteacre

whiteacre
/hwuyt"ay'keuhr, wuyt"-/, n. (often cap.)
an arbitrary name for a piece of land used for purposes of supposition in legal argument or the like (often distinguished from blackacre).
[1635-45; WHITE + ACRE]

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